You Must Choose: Eternal Crease Colors, Afterlife Preparation

This is probably not a big surprise, but I was kind of a weird kid. Case in point: when I was eight, I had a mummy obsession. It was just a phase, but it lasted for months. Day after day I would come home from the library with armfuls of books about mummies, and I’d spend hours reading about burial preparations (removal of the brain with a hook through the nose was my favorite part), pyramid building and Egyptology. My mom would look at me strangely as I’d describe the books and pets I’d bring with me into the afterlife.

My childhood mummy phase eventually passed, but the other day, while watching Nova, The Mummy Who Would Be King, my mind wandered to — surprise, surprise — makeup.

Is there a cap on how much makeup one can bring with them into the afterlife? — ’cause Cleopatra must’ve taken a TON of black eyeliner with her!

As I pondered my ginormous eyeshadow collection, I wondered which crease colors I would want to be buried with in my (presumably fabulously decorated) tomb for all eternity. I’d hire only the best tomb-keepers, too, and they would hook me up with giant custom-made eyeshadow pans of MAC Soft Brown, Soba and Sable eyeshadow, my top three go-to crease colors of all time! If we’re talking eternal resting places, we really ought to be prepared.

Which crease colors would you bring if you could actually “take makeup with you”?

YOU MUST CHOOSE!

Happy Sunday, ya’ll! How’s your weekend been? Yesterday, I chilled at home and then went to the movies to see Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It was filmed at Oahu’s Turtle Bay hotel, which is also where El Hub and I got married. I recognized several of the scenes and could even pick out spots and trees that are in my wedding pictures. It’s the closest I’ve been to Hawaii in a while.

In my weekend makeup news, I finally broke down and got a full sized bottle of Moon Sparkle by Escada. I figured after four times of returning to Sephora just to use the tester bottle that I liked it enough to buy it…

I don’t own any of these colors – but if I were you, I’d take Soba – it looks incredible against your skin tone!

The Boyfriend and I just came back from watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall today too! It was a cute film and the sights were really gorgeous – what a beautiful wedding you must’ve had 🙂 I still have yet to go to Hawaii, maybe someday…

OMG!! Crazy coincidence: I am writing a paper on Ancient Egyptian Cosmetics this week for my History of Material Cultures class!!! XD How crazy is that?? There’s actually a lot of cool stuff about the subject!! They actually had foundation, eyeshadow, liner, nail polish and lipgloss! LOL! How awesome!!

Moon Sparkle! I tried that a few weeks ago and it smelled super fruity on me! What notes do you get when you wear it? I really loved it on paper but for some reason it just didn’t work with my chemistry but I really wanted it to (sigh).

Hey girl! I think Soba would look great in your crease. You could probably wear it with Lemon Sugar. I’d then do a nice crisp black line on the top along w/a black tightline, and then smudge Technakohl in Graphblack on the bottom. Ohhh! Hot enough for the afterworld and then some.

What did you think of the lead actor? I liked pretty much everything about the movie except for him. Honestly, I wish somebody would’ve warned me beforehand about all the shots of homeboy’s man meat. I so was NOT prepared for that and almost choked on my popcorn.

Hey Karen! Of your choices I would love sable for the crease (love a metallic or glitter on the crease) I totally need to scope that out! My fave colors ever are blacktied, howzat, and claire de lune.Love the fact that Tabz is bouncin’ to “Crossroads” by Bone Thugs in Harmony in that pic! He’s got it poppin’!

I spent the weekend on house arrest. Must not buy any more makeup. But in my fantasy, I’m buying sable, ricepaper and humid. Those are the things I’m bringing to my afterlife journey. Sadly, none of them I have now. Me think me should write them down on my list for the afterlife. Here’s to hopping my forgetful hubby remember to buy them all!

Let’s see, my go-to (i.e. lazy) crease color is the brown shade in Clinique’s Strawberry Fudge duo. Really easy to wear and blend. I use MAC Romp for slightly more dramatic looks, and I’ve actually been using Star Violet a lot recently for a crease/outer corner color. I’m not usually too experimental with colors but it actually looks pretty subtle.

Don’t get me wrong, the Dracula song was totally FAB! I just think it would have caught me off guard and freak me out a little bit 😉

My Monday is ‘eh’.. it’s cold down here too. Although I’m excited to maybe see my mom for dinner tonight. She randomly came down from Lake Tahoe today to do some shopping and doesn’t know if she’s going to head back this afternoon or if she has time to stay for dinner. I hope she can stay – I haven’t seen her in over a month!

That’s too bad you couldn’t have dinner with her, but at the same time, I gotta give your moms props for her shopping stamina! I bet when you two get together it’s like a shopping force to be reckoned with!

I have Woodwinked… in fact, it’s sitting right here in front of my keyboard. I will have to dig into my stash to find Trax and try this combo. I banished her to the drawer of things that “never get used” a while back. Hopefully this combo will rescue her from the depths!

Eyeshadows I have and love and would SO take with me to the afterlife: Sable, Reflects Antique Gold glitter on top of Brun, Shroom. <– Awesome bronze smokey eye components! Honorable mentions that I also use for my bronze smokey eyes: Chocolate and Soft Black from The Body Shop’s eyeshadow lineup. Eyeshadows I NEEED: Humid, Nocturnelle, Goldmine/Woodwinked (depending on which gold shows up less orange on me), Deep Truth. Honorable mentions: Naval Stain, Tealo, and Bountiful Brown Powerpoint Pencils. They’re not shadows, but with colored eye pencils, I like to draw a thick line on my lid and blend them onto my lids.